Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Monday, 4 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 July 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.

Visas: Married People

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas were revoked in each of the last eight years.

Answer

The number of spousal visas that were curtailed in each of the last eight years is as follows:

Year	Number Curtailed
2008	670
2009	754
2010	942
2011	886
2012	447
2013	465
2014	768
2015	612

Please note that this data is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics. It is based on the casetypes and outcomes defined by yourselves below, any curtailments recorded in a different way will not be picked up. This needs to be made clear in the answer. Data Run as below - Casetypes used (defined by the business) - Curtailment Consideration - Other and Curtailment Consideration - Spouse/Partner only Outcome - Curtailed Cases despatched between 01-01-2006 and 31-12-2015 Data based on the report used to produce Transparency data Data produced based on criteria set by the business. Any curtailments recorded in another way are not included within this data. “Curtailment Consideration – Other” includes Leave Outside The Rules on Family Grounds.

Secondary information